José María Mijares
José María Mijares (born 1921 in
Biography
Mijares was born in Havana, Cuba in 1921. He began studying art in 1936 at the San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts, where his professors included Romañach, Menocal, Valderrama, Ramón Loy, and Caravia. He resided in Miami from 1968 until his death in 2004. Florida International University awarded him with an honorary doctorate in Fine Arts in 2001.[3] He was also awarded the Cintas Fellowship (1970–1971),[4] as well as the National Paintings Prize from the IV National Paintings, Engravings and Sculptures Salon. Mijares’ work has been exhibited at several major shows in Havana, Paris, Caracas, Port-au-Prince (Haiti), São Paulo, Tokyo, Washington D.C., and Miami, among other cities.[5]
“Mijares is primarily a colorist, pure color constituting the substance of the forms of his creation. Drawing as a rule provides firm support, bold outlines giving definition and meaning to the whole. His thematic material is biological in character, based on living organisms: the life latent with no static form imparts a poetic mystery to his compositions .... As a colorist, Mijares continues a tradition long identified with his country. He gives new meaning to the language of the past, however, fashioning it into expressions that transcend boundaries of both time and place.”[6][excessive quote]
Selected exhibitions
1996
- Mijares En Grande, Alfredo Martinez Gallery, Coral Gables, FL (solo)
1993
- Cuba Through Her Artists, La Bohème Fine Art, Coral Gables, FL
1991
- Art Miami, Miami, FL
- Marpad Art Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
1987
- Latin American Treasures, The Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, FL
- Outside Cuba, Office of Hispanic Arts, Rutgers University, NJ
1981–1982
- The Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL
- The Cuban Me Fine Arts, Miami, FL
- Outside Cuba, a traveling exhibition inaugurauseum of Art and Culture, Miami, FL
1979
- De Armas Gallery, Miami, FL
- La Petite Galerie, Miami, FL
- Meeting Point Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
1978
- Lowe Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
- The Miami-Dade Public Library, Miami, FL
- The Museum of Modern Arts of Latin America, Washington, D.C
- The Bacardi Gallery, Miami, FL
1971–1973
- Exhibit with the Gala Group, Gloria Luria Gallery and the Bacardi Gallery
1968
- Generations of Cuban Painters, Koubek Center, Miami, FL
- 10 Cuban Painters, The Bacardi Gallery, Miami, FL; Washington, D.C.
- Antilla Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1956
- Venice Biennal, Venice, Italy
1953
- Sao Paul Biennal, Sao Paul, Brazil
1950
- Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France
1947
- Lyceum Lawn Tennis Club, Havana, Cuba
1944
- Conservatorio Nacional Hubert de Blanck, Havana, Cuba (solo)
Bibliography
- artnet.com, Jose Maria Mijares Biography. http://www.artnet.com/artists/jose-maria-mijares/biography.
- Kendall Art Center The Rodriguez Collection
- La Galeria Cuban Fine Art. Biography Painter Jose Maria Mijares. Jose Maria Mijares Biography & Full Exhibition List[permanent dead link]
References
- ^ Smith, Roberta. "Concrete Cuba" Visits a Quieter Period of Latin American Modernism. Art Review. The New York Times. 2016.
- ^ Perez, Renato. José María Mijares: Noted Cuban Painter. The Miami Herald. [1]. Archived. Referred to www.latinamericanstudies.org/. March 31, 2004.
- ^ "Jose Maria Mijares Biography – Jose Maria Mijares on artnet". www.artnet.com. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
- ^ Cintas Foundations. Fellows in Visual Arts: Mijares, Jose M. Cintas for art, 1970-71, 1971-72. [2].
- ^ Bermejo, M. Roxana. Across Time. Contemporary Cuban Art Catalogue.
- ^ Sicre, G. Jose. Art of Cuba in Exile, Art of Cuba in Exile Book Review by Jacqueline Barnitz. [3].